I'm cursed with empathy. I'm also by nature way too opinionated.

People in extreme conditions are suddenly naked, realer than normal, perhaps even more alive.

I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.

Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine.

Innocence could be considered a discrete state of mind.

I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it.

I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a significant difference can be hard.